The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-17
GOV. LOWRY.


ioundly astonishpd, and inquired how
II was possible that this could be 40.
la this connection / read q few days
ago a stupid article from the pen OF
q ubbeT-degullion that the people were
bowed down with laxation-that they
were ground TO death by reason oil
having 10 support su txtravagaDt gov
erDment--and yet the fac. remains
ihSt In a large number OF the counties
of the S.ate-Countles that are wealthy
and pfosperoug-nOto dime DO they
pay for the support OF the stale gov
eminent. Not one picayune Of staIe
tsxss do thoy psy. True i 10, they
pay 4, IN with one band and take 1t
gu. With the other. You will no doubt
be startled and surprised when you
are told that forty.six counties In the
Stste pay nothing for the support OF
the State government. IL then follows
that, whatever Others may have to say,
these iorty.slx counties cannot
complain, iDasmuch as they pay TO
Sta taxes.
II said that II was proper that the
people OF the State should understand
their syeiem Of taxation aud It's re-
cults. Those important things they
csnuot learn from the little cad tiy up.
starts who seek with their little narrow
irt)ins.ion 10 H. ject their little opin-
ions in governmental matters. But 70
get the information accurately they
mast seek IL where Il IL TO be found.
Then You will remember that pre-.
vious 70 1858 you ware sppropriatinR
under the Constitution and by law
various iunds 10 tue common schools.
IT, 1889. when | was indicted into
lice, the taxes were no, only reduced
from A TO ~ mills, but a law wa,
passed appropristiDg an additional
100000 10 the common schools; q at
H. 70 say: II the common school fund
did not reach 100000, then cuff.
ent amount should BIO taken from
the general fund 10 make up this de.
flsienoy, about s5l0, 900 since 1881, aud
it follows that when you appropriate
the pro rata share Of the school fund
10 the several counties that II sggre.
ga'es more Ia connection with the
railroad tex than such countits pay
into the Stats treasury. While. on
the subject OF taxation, you have II
stated by those directors who sre
speaking OF the extravagant State
government, that the taxes were very
high. Let ms tell you about the State
TAX on 500 In the several Southern
S'aloe. Mississippi pays loss State tax
than any Southern State, rave two,
Louisiana and Maryland, aud that Is
caused by reason Of the difference 10
the school fund. On 500 Alabam'
pays 65 cents; Arkansas, 40 cents
Florida, 10 cents: Kentucky, 52l
csnte; Louisiana, 10 cents; Maryland
lsi; Mississippi, until 1887, % cents
Missouri, 40; North Carolins, 37i
South Carolina IS; Texas, 40; Vir
ginia. 80; Georgia, So: Tennessee, 40
Then, II We are to jddgs OF things b,
comparison, Mississippi thould be sat
isfied with ne tsxse. Mississp pi owe
lees State debt than any Southern
stats exeep, Florida and, perhaps
Kentucky. And just here desire {,
say that the revenue laws OF our STAT
demand earnest aud effective revision
There should be uniformity, not onll
In the assessed value Of property Il
counties, but In counties ne compare,
to each other, and | submit that tn
fault finders OF your government,
they have capacity 10 conceive an'
digest n plan that would give fair n
easements, they will have done som
fervice, which would be some,hin
new In their histories. But | must nc
weary you, for the several table
submitted gives full informs
ton on the subjects 10 whic
they refer. l wish TO be understood :
saying that the comparisons beiol
made aud hereafter 10 be made touol
ing the expenses In the several d
partments OF the government whei
they Rave been reduced during m
term Of service IL not % u 4 ot upo
the previous administration, for whel
such differences occur | am sure ia
there was a gbod and substantial re
sou Tor them. As q private citizen
Endorsed the previous administrator
and indorse II today. With this p
| llaNhtANN UNIV AuhA NAN AANitlANll
= department for ls78-77-7s-s0 avUrag,
eos ,6J7 80. For lSS3-si SO the ave
. age was $3.50 0S, the difference b
ing Ia favor OF the latter yea 2, 81.
ga o.. (See TfeAsuTeI's reports .
tho above yearal The expendi,uf
, OF the lunAtic asylum at Jackson ha
been largely reduced during the Ia
i've years, Tor which SEQ Treasurer
report. The expenditures OF the !
I, dicial department have been We
largely reduced daring the past IL
yeais, cay sS0,6O2 90. The amou
paid Jr public printing has b.,
largely reduced during the pa
. fvs year,. The reason for tu,
reductions 10 apparent when q
items are looked into. Ia 9th
words, ihsfe we're expenditures In Il
mer Yeas necessary 10 be made IN
4 we're no, necessary during the pa
!. fyo year.. Tho Deaf and Dumb Ins
. tute and the Bind Institute have bo
spent moro money la ,hs past d
year, than In previous five years,
q the reason that the Bind Iastitu
n building has been completed, and
. new addition 10 the Deal aud Dan
lurtilute made, therefore the adj
tional eIpendl ures As YOU are AVA
the EUt Mississippi IusAne Asylu
:. has been established aud support,
a during the pas, i've years, aud VIII
ever outlay oi money here has be-,
. on % is M additional expenditure
X the Slate government. Misslssl ri
u with that Christian and genero
,. epirit that has always characters
Il her ciliEsns, Ia endeay0ring 70 "a
care oil the uni0hunAe In q mann
u that will meet the appreciation OF
y good people. 20 We can rel llca III
n our State oSo6 lees, ard the state q
/, Ia less than In apy OF the Soulhr
J. States ave one and perhaps two. II
y d'ssltli elton that PREVAILS has be-
10 worked zap by would be y ilitical d,
h. tore, who, IN the main, are without
formation, aud their sock IN ira
. being s,riuging words ioge her al
making broad aud false assertions, NJ
NJ who imaslne that the liberty OF II
~ press means donuuolAtlon Of vh0ey
they think proper 10 assail. Tho
noisy little peibontgcs are sometim
NJ quoted IN papers Of nience and
n. spec ability; inadvertently, Il IL TO